Events 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Working Toward Success in Iraq

Septemeber 13, 2007

[Interview on KARN with Dave Elswick]

"...what is being done there [in Iraq] is historic and it's tough, but it will make us safer because when we have an Iraq that is stable and that is an ally in the war on terror in the middle of the Middle East, the United States is going to be safer...

... we had a chance to see this out in Anbar. You'll remember that Anbar was a name of a province that was synonymous with violence, with a violent Sunni insurgency, with al-Qaeda, with great violence against our soldiers. This is now a largely peaceful province where the local leaders have made common cause with us to drive al-Qaeda out of their cities, out of their streets, and to begin to rebuild -- and by the way to begin go make sure that their local -- their central government pays attention to the needs of their people. That's a positive political story. And if you had told me even six or seven months ago that the real progress was going to come in Anbar, where this insurgency was raging, I might not have believed you...."

You can read the entire interview here.